MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510172100F020.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 20 hour RUC valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-93.76 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 69 SFC 955 470 22.8 19.8 83 3.0 20.7 200 13 299.9 302.7 295.5 344.9 15.38 2 950 516 21.8 18.8 83 3.0 19.7 202 16 299.3 301.9 294.7 341.6 14.50 3 900 983 18.1 16.9 93 1.2 17.3 210 27 300.1 302.6 294.3 339.9 13.58 4 850 1472 16.8 12.4 75 4.4 14.0 221 32 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.7 10.72 5 800 1987 13.8 9.3 74 4.5 11.0 226 24 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.6 9.21 6 750 2528 10.1 7.6 85 2.4 8.6 229 21 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.2 8.79 7 700 3099 6.6 3.0 78 3.6 4.6 223 24 309.8 311.1 291.9 330.7 6.79 8 650 3704 2.6 -3.4 65 6.0 -0.3 214 29 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.4 4.59 9 600 4345 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.6 -3.9 213 31 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.6 4.30 10 550 5029 -7.1 -8.7 89 1.6 -7.8 218 34 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.3 3.61 11 500 5767 -11.4 -14.3 79 2.9 -12.4 224 35 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.6 2.53 12 450 6568 -16.4 -18.5 83 2.2 -17.0 233 38 322.7 323.0 291.5 329.4 1.97 13 400 7442 -22.5 -25.1 80 2.5 -23.1 237 51 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.1 1.25 14 350 8407 -30.0 -32.3 80 2.3 -30.4 234 53 328.3 328.4 292.0 330.9 0.72 15 300 9485 -38.8 -41.4 76 2.6 -39.1 235 57 330.7 330.7 292.2 332.0 0.34 16 250 10709 -48.7 -50.9 78 2.2 -48.8 243 77 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.14 17 200 12153 -52.9 -75.2 5 22.2 -53.2 249 96 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13987 -58.6 -82.2 3 23.6 -58.8 251 69 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16455 -68.7 -87.6 5 18.9 -68.8 255 39 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.30 m Freezing level: 625.53 mb = 4017.33 m = 13180.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.37 mb = 3661.40 m = 12012.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.66 mb = 852.54 m = 2797.03 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1764.10 m = 5787.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 37.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1263.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.53 mb = 1238.37 m = 4062.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.53 mb = 2544.50 m = 8348.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.53 mb = 11289.70 m = 37039.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1257.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.53 mb = 14047.14 m = 46085.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.0 neg: -19.7 tot: 83.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 89.96 Bulk Shear: 14.04 m/s